Holmes, Hannah, 1963-

The well-dressed ape : a natural history of myself / Hannah Holmes. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2008. - xii, 351 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-331) and index.

Quick as a cricket : physical description -- Crafty as a coyote : the brain -- Blind as a bat : perception -- Free as a bird : range -- A dog in the manger : territoriality -- Hungry as a wolf : diet -- Loose as a goose : reproduction -- Busy as a beaver : behavior -- Chatty as a magpie : communication -- Tough as a boiled owl : predators -- A bull in a china shop : ecosystem impacts.

Explores how the human animal--the eponymous well-dressed ape--fits into the natural world, even as we humans change that world in both constructive and destructive ways.

ISBN: 9781400065417 (alk. paper) 1400065410 (alk. paper) 9780679314950

LCCN: 2008016582

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human biology--Popular works.
Physiology, Comparative--Popular works.
Physical anthropology--Popular works.

LC Class. No.: QP38 / .H666 2008